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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2008 - 10:00:18 CDT

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Jianhui Tian wrote:

JT> Hi,
JT>
JT> I used pbctools to wrap my system for better visualization. The command I
JT> used is {pbc wrap -center "resid 1" -all}. After all is finished, I see
JT> broken molecules, which means the whole molecule is on the edge of the new
JT> box, half of the molecule is on one side and half on the other side and
JT> wired bond connecting them. How can I avoid such broken molecules?

jianhui,

you have to use the proper -compound flag.

cheers,
   axel.

JT>
JT> Jianhui
JT> Biocomputation
JT> Rensselar Polytechnic Institute
JT> 

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